If nothing else he's likely as good as Hendricks when Hendricks is on, and lately, Hendricks has been on. So, that's 2 pitchers probably a small notch below surefire ace. Really great acquisition.
I think you just kind of live with the walks if he racks up Ks and GB like he is this year. He's probably a guy who won't truly click in the majors for another season or two but once he does he will put up top set-up guy numbers. This is the 2nd straight year he's striking out 15 per 9.
Swarmer's numbers are very sexy, although he is a fly ball pitcher. But that's 104 IP now this year with a 114:17 KBB and 6 HR allowed. Not bad at all for a 584th pick just 2 years ago.
Enough to still be the best offense in baseball when excluding pitchers? It's absurd how much you guys complain about the lack of home runs and try to diminish the quality ABs our batsmen bring to the field every day. This offense is awesome and you all should stfu about it.
What's pissing me off even more about the Smith whathaveyou is that we could have traded out of 9 and scooped up extra capital which would have made the eventual lack of a 2019 2nd much easier to navigate around. Only a handful of times in the last decade have I felt that there was a non-pass rushing LB who was a must-have, and Smith wasn't one of them. Hope of course that he proves me wrong but I always feel like a guy like that can be found in the middle rounds each and every year. It bugs me that Pace locks onto his guys and isn't willing to risk a move back to stack chips.